Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-21

Ordinances met at the City Hall, and fixed
up the annual tax and license ordinances
for the year 1887. No change whatever
was made in the city levy, and the ten cent
levy ordinance was drawn up in the usual
style, and will be duly reported. These
ordinances, in full, are as follows;
CITY LEVY.
AN ORDINANCE assessing taxes for the year
1887, In the City Of wheeling
Be IL Ordained By the Council Of the City o.
WheeliRg:
SEC. 1. That for the year 1887 there
shall be levied and paid upon the real es-
tate and tithables within said city, and
upon the personal property subject to tax
alton BY the city, for the use and benefit
of the city of Wheeling, for general Pur-
noses, the following taxes, to-wit:
1. Upon all real estate within the city,
including all lands aud lots with all i'm
movements thereon, and not exempted by
law from taxation, fifty cents on each and
every one hundred dollars valuation there
on.
3. Upon all the personal property in the
city, not exempt by law from taxation,
fifty cents ON each and every one hundred
dollars valuation thereof, and
3. Upon each and every tithable in said
city fifty cents.
SEC. 2. This ordinance shall be in force
from and after its passage.
TEN CENT LEVY.
AN ORDINANCE assessing a tax for the year
1887, TO be used in the construction oil new pay pay
ing. new maeadamizing and new sewers In the
City of Wheeling.
Be IL ordained By the Council Of the City Of
Wheeling:
SEC. /. That in addition to the levy OF
fifty cents per 800 valuation for general
purposes, there shall be levied and
paid upon all real and personal
property, within the city of Wheeling or
subject to taxation by said city, further
tax often cents upon every 800 valuation
of such real and personal property, which
tax shall, when collected, be kept separate
from all other monies OF said city, and
shall be used only for new paving and new
macadamizing of streets aud alleys in the
city, which have not been heretofore paved
OF macadamized, and for the construction
of new sewers in said city. In no case
shall any part of the money collected by
virtue of this ordinance be paid out upon
orders of the Board of Public Works which
do not certify that the work so to be paid
for is wholly new paving, new macadam-
izing or new sewers, as the case may be.
SEC. =. This ordinance shall he in force
from and after its passage.
THE LICENSE ORDINANCE
This ordinance is very long. The old
licenses of $500 on saloons, of $3.50 on
theatres, $500 on druggists selling liquor
ut wholesale, or wholesale and retail, &c,
we're all left unchanged, although
Mr.. Tracy made big effort to
secure a difference between the Opera
House aud Grand Opera House, on the
ground that as the price of admission at
the Grand is lower than at the Opera
House, the license ought TO be lower.
Mr.. Robertson said both theatres were
first class houses, and the rate ought to lie
the same. He knew the Grand Opera
House people would resent the imputatiOn
that the house was not the equal OF the
Opera House.
Finally, after some discussion, the Ordi-
nance was adopted rs read, the rate re-
manning at $3.50, the same as last year.
Mr.. Tracy gave notice, however, that he
would renew his motion before Council.
The subject of circus was then taken mp.
The old rate was 800 per day for circuses
and menageries. This was thought to he
too high for many circuses, and n motion
was made to scale it according TO the
price OF admission. After 4 time it was
fixed as follows:
''On circuses and menageries charging
- cents admission or over, 800 per day.
Under % cents admission, S25 per day"
This will give the ten cent shows
chance.
Mr. Maxwell made an effort get the
license taken off of brokers residing in this
city, but the committee WAS against re-
leasing the gentlemen.
The committee finished its labOrs about
$50, and ordered the ordinance reported.
IL got OFF much easier than the same COM
mittee did year ago, several meetings
being then necessary.